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2023 Best Value Natural Resources & Conservation Schools in Oregon

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

3 Colleges
$11,950 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$34,287 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Natural Resources & Conservation School for You

In 2020-2021, natural resources and conservation students earned 297 degrees and certificates from an Oregon school, making the subject the 8th in the state.

Today's students have lots of options to pick from when considering higher education opportunities. Along with traditional schools that require in-person attendence, you can attend one of many reputable online schools. Some programs even offer a hybrid experience. Alternatively, you may choose a trade school that prepares you to enter the workforce with knowledge in a specific field.

To help you arm yourself with the information you need to make your decision, Grad Degree Search has developed this Best Value Natural Resources & Conservation Schools in Oregon ranking. Our analysis looked at 3 schools in Oregon to see which programs offered the best value experiences for natural resources and conservation students with the aim of identifying those quality schools that are more affordable than some of their counterparts.

When determining this ranking, we place a high emphasis on the school's quality as well as its sticker price. Even though a college may be affordable, it may not offer value. Specifically, our score for quality is discounted by the published tuition and fees charged by the given college. This gives the cost per unit of quality for each college. The more quality your dollar buys, the better the value.

Our calculations use out-of-state tuition and fees in our nationwide and regional rankings. For statewide rankings, we use average in-state tuition and fees.

2023 Best Value Natural Resources & Conservation Schools in Oregon

The following schools top our list of the Best Value Natural Resources & Conservation Colleges.

Best Oregon Schools for Affordable Quality in Natural Resources & Conservation

#1

Oregon State University

Corvallis, OR
$12,188 Average Tuition & Fees

Our analysis found Oregon State University to be the best value school for natural resources and conservation students who want to pursue a degree in Oregon. Oregon State is a fairly large public school located in the city of Corvallis.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at Oregon State are $12,188 a year.

Oregon State also took the #3 spot in our Best Natural Resources & Conservation Schools in Oregon rankings.

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$9,807 Average Tuition & Fees

Out of the 3 schools in Oregon that were part of this year’s ranking, Portland State University landed the # 2 spot on the list. Located in the city of Portland, Portland State University is a public college with a very large student population.

Portland State University undergraduate students pay an average of $9,807 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

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#3

University of Oregon

Eugene, OR
$13,856 Average Tuition & Fees

The excellent programs at University of Oregon helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best natural resources and conservation schools in Oregon. Located in the city of Eugene, UO is a public college with a very large student population.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at UO are $13,856 per year.

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Best Value Natural Resources & Conservation Colleges in the Far Western US Region

Explore all the Best Value Natural Resources & Conservation Colleges in the Far Western US Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
California 512
Washington 130
Nevada 5
Hawaii 36
Alaska 22

Natural Resources & Conservation Majors to Study

Major Annual Graduates
Natural Resources Conservation 3,724
Natural Resource Management 1,073
Forestry 486
Wildlife Management 323
Fisheries Sciences 106
Natural Resources Conservation (Other) 32

Majors Similar to Natural Resources & Conservation

Related Major Annual Graduates
Engineering 61,791
Computer & Information Sciences 60,971
Biological & Biomedical Sciences 28,851
Mathematics & Statistics 15,127
Physical Sciences 12,705

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 3 schools only.

  • The Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), a branch of the U.S. Department of Education (DOE) serves as the core of the rest of our data about colleges.
  • Some other college data, including much of the graduate earnings data, comes from the U.S. Department of Education’s (College Scorecard).
  • Credit for the banner image above goes to Lynn Betts.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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